James Maciokas wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have been using linux for about 9 months now and just joined this
> mailing list. I have been impressed with Lyx and pybiliography as
> an
> alternative to Word and Endnote. I'm trying to break away from
> Microsoft.
>
> Here is my question (I searched the archive with no success):
>
> I am writing a NIH grant proposal. Is there some kind of plugin for
> lyx
> that will format the manuscript? I found the following website
> (http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~brd/NIH/tips/) with latex (.sty) &
> (.cls)
> files. But I cannot figure out how to use them with lyx. Any help
> is most appreciated.
Hi, James.
The .cls file is used by LaTeX to typeset your document, but is
essentially an irrelevance to LyX. LyX needs an nih.layout file.
Looking at nih.cls, it doesn't define any new environments and derives
from the standard LaTeX 'article' class. (I think.)
That being the case, I think that it is sufficient to define an
nih.layout file that LyX can use as:
#% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
# \DeclareLaTeXClass[nih]{NIH Grant Proposal}
Input article.layout
Put this in your $HOME/.lyx/layouts directory, reconfigure and restart
LyX and cross your fingers ;-) When you restart LyX you should find
"NIH Grant Proposal" in the document class list of the Document
dialog.
--
Angus
